Brush depth regulators for paint cans



June 7, 1960 l. H. KRAvrrT BRUSH DEPTH REGULATORS FOR PAINT cANs FiledOct. 25, 1956 IN VEN TOR. Z-wzff/Zfeftwiz BY MQW ATTEWEK United StatesPatent O BRUSH DEPTH REGULATORS FOR PAINT CANS Irwin Herbert Kravitt, 8S. 46th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Filed Oct. 25, 1956, Ser. No. 618,383 z claims. (c1. is-izLz) Thisinvention relates to a brush depth regulator for paint cans, that is, toa device adapted to be used in a can of paint for insuring that, for themore elicient application of the paint, the brush will be always dippedinto the paint to the same depth.

Heretofore, in the use of paint brushes, particularly by amateurs, ofthe difficulties was that the user would dip the brush into the paint tovarying depths, resulting sometimes in having too much paint on thebrush, and at other times not enough.

The principal object of the present invention is to provde a simple yeteflicient device adapted to be placed within a paint can, eitherinitially or after the same has been opened, which will oat upon the topof the paint within the can, and provide within the same a uniformmeasured depth so that when the brush is successively dipped into thepaint, the depth will be uniform and substantially the same amount ofpaint will be taken up by the brush each time it is dipped within thecan.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter aforesaid, which is so constructed and arranged as to permit aportion thereof to be removed to permit stirring of the paint Within thecan whereby the same may be kept at a uniform consistency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter aforesaid, in which the depth to which the brush is permittedto pass may be adjusted or varied.

The nature and characteristic features of the present invention will bemore readily understood from the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which:

Figure l is a transverse central section of a can of paint having adevice therein embodying the main features of the present invention, thesame illustrating a preferred form of the invention in which .the deviceis placed within a paint can prior to the initial sealing of the same;

Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating a modified form of the inventionwhich is so constructed and arranged as to permit the same to be placedwithin a can of paint after the same has been opened, and which alsoprovides a removable member so that the paint within the can may bestirred and agitated to bring the same to a uniform consistencythroughout; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view, but illustrating a form of the invention whichis so constructed and arranged that the depth to which the brush isdipped may be readily adjusted.

It should, of course, be understood that the description and drawingherein are illustrative merely, and that various changes andmodifications may be made in the structures shown without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. l of the drawing, there is showntherein a can 10, of any preferred construction, containing a quantityof paint 11. The top of the can is of the kind so shaped as to permitthe IC@v use in connection therewith of the usual sealing lid (notshown).

The device of the invention shown in Fig. l is preferably made ofplastic of a specific gravity less than that of the paint in connectionwith which the same is used.

The device there shown comprises a cup shaped oat member 12, having aflange 13 extending outwardly from the top marginal edge of thecylindrical side walls. The member 12 has a perforated bottom wall 14.Such member may be made of relativev stili plastic if it is desired toplace the same within the can before the same is completed. If thedevice is so inserted within the can before the completion thereof, theange 13 may exy tend to adjacent the inner surface of the side Wall ofthe can.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing there is shown a modified form of the lfloat,which is constructed and arranged so that the same may be inserted bythe user of the paint after the sealing lid has been removed therefrom.In this instance, there is provided a oat `ring 15 which may be made ofmaterial of a flexible character whereby the same may be deformed forthe purpose of inserting it within the can, notwithstanding that theexternal diameter of said ring 15 may be greater than the openingprovided in the sealing rim of the can.

The main or body portion of the cup shaped member 12a may be cylindricalas in the preceding form, and may also be provided with a ange 13 which,however, in this instance would be of an external diameter equal to orslightly less than the opening in the sealing ring of the can.

In this form also the lower portion of the cylindrical wall of themember 12a is provided at its lower end with an inwardly extendingflange 14B which will serve as a rest for a perforated plate 14h,preferably made of material of a greater specific gravity than that ofthe paint in connection with which the device is to be used.

By this arrangement, the plate 14b being removable, the paint may, whensaid plate is removed, be stirred and agitated, whenever it may benecessary to do so to bring it to a uniform consistency throughout.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing another form or arrangement embodying theinvention is shown. In this form there is provided a float ring 15bwhich is internally threaded as at 15C, and the cup-like member 12b isexteriorly threaded complemental to the ring 15b whereby the oat ringmay be adjusted vertically with respect to the bottom of the device.Such adjustment is for the purpose of varying the depth to which thebrush is inserted into the paint. In this form the perforated bottom 14may be integral with the side walls, similar to the arrangement shown inFig. l.

I claim:

l. A brush depth regulator for paint cans, comprising a cup shapedlloat, said lloat =being open at the top and freely rotatable upon thepaint within a can, said float lhaving a flange extending horizontallyfrom the side wall of said float, and a perforated bottom through whichthe paint may pass to the interior of the oat, the outside diameter ofthe ange being less than that of the top opening of the can, and aliexible oat ring, of larger diameter than the top opening of the canadapted to be deformed and thereby inserted through said top openinginto the interior of the can and disposed upon side wall of the cupshaped oat below the flange thereof.

2. A brush depth regulator for paint cans comprising a cup shaped float,said oat being open at the top and freely rotatable upon the paintwithin a can, said float having a ange of a diameter less than that ofthe side wall of the can, said flange extending horizontally from theside Wall of said tloat, said cup shaped float having a perforatedbottom through which the paint may pass to the interior of said oat, andmeans for vertically adjusting the ange on the side wall of said floatthereby to vary the depth of the paint within said oat.

Refrencs Cited in the le of this patent UNITED kvSTATES PATENTS 352,516Burden Nov. 16, 188,6

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